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Chapter 6

The Association Between Telomere Length and Sensitivity to Apoptosis of HUVEC

Ji Zhang, Chen Hui, Liu Su, Wu Xiaoyun, Huang Xi, and Fan Yingchuan

Abstract

Objectives: To study the association between the mean telomere length (MTL) of human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC) and their sensitivity to apoptosis.

Methods: Apoptosis of HUVEC was induced by using free hydroxyl radicals. The rate of apoptosis was determined and mean telomere length of HUVEC that were cultured for 1 or 3 months were measured by Southern Blot.

Results: At 0.2 mmol/l FeSO4/0.0001 mmol/l H2O2 free radical concentration, the apoptosis rate was 8.0 and 17.5% and MTL was 4.66 ± 0.05 and 3.40 ± 0.46 kb for HUVEC cultured for 1 and 3 months, respectively. At 0.2 mmol/l FeSO4/0.005 mmol/l H2O2, apoptosis rates were 17.4 and 36.0% and MTL were 3.67 ± 0.06 and 2.90 ± 0.20 kb for HUVEC cultured for 1 and for 3 months, respectively. Control HUVEC had apoptosis rates of 0.5 and 1.0% and MTL of 5.43 ± 0.45 and 4.57 ± 0.21 kb for 1 and 3 months, respectively. The MTL and the apoptosis rates in the treatment groups differed significantly from the controls (p <0.05).

Conclusions: HUVEC with less culture time or short telomere were sensitive to oxidation stress. Oxidation stress also can enhance the shortening of telomere length.

6.1 Introduction

Since the telomere hypothesis, which states that more cell divisions in somatic cells result in shorter telomere lengths, while less cell divisions result longer telomere lengths, was raised (Harley et al. 1990), the relationship between the telomere

C. Hui (B)

Department of Ophthalmology, Sichuan Provincial People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, 610072, China

e-mail: hui-chen@ouhsc.edu

Ji Zhang, Chen Hui, and Liu Su are co-first authors.

R.E. Anderson et al. (eds.), Retinal Degenerative Diseases, Advances in Experimental

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Medicine and Biology 664, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1399-9_6,

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